Personal power v. socialized power: What Machiavelli and St. Francis can tell us about modern CEOs

By William D. Spangler, Associate Professor Emeritus of Management, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Aleksey Tikhomirov, Lecturer of Public Administration and Policy, Binghamton University, State University of New York

Niccolò Machiavelli, the infamous author of “The Prince,” wrote in the 1500s that the ideal leader makes and breaks solemn agreements. He creates alliances with weak allies to defeat a powerful enemy and then eliminates them one by one. He blames his next-in-charge for his own mistakes, and he executes opponents in public.

St. Francis of Assisi was the antithesis of a Machiavellian leader. Born in 1181, the future saint renounced his father’s wealth, then spent the remainder of his life…

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